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Professor Clive Seale, B.Ed MSc PhD
Professor of Medical Sociology

Research interests:

Research interests
Communication in health care settings; end-of-life care; mass media and health; social research methods

c.seale@qmul.ac.uk


Publications:

Publications: Books
 
Seale C., Silverman, D., Gubrium, J., Gobo, G. (eds) (2007) Qualitative Research Practice. Sage.
 
Seale C. (ed)  (2004) Researching Society and Culture Sage (Second edition)

Seale, C. (2003)  Media and Health. Sage.

Seale C. (1999) The Quality of Qualitative Research. Sage.
 
Seale C. (1998) Constructing Death: The Sociology of Dying and Bereavement Cambridge University Press
 

Journal articles

In press for 2009

Charteris-Black J and Seale C. Men and emotion talk: evidence from the experience of illness (Gender and Language)

Seale C, Charteris-Black, J., MacFarlane, A. and McPherson, A.  Interviews and internet forums: a comparison of two sources of data for qualitative research (Qualitative Health Research)

Recent selection

Seale, C. (2009) Legalisation of euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide: survey of doctors' attitudes. Palliative Medicine, 23, 3, 205-212

Seale C. (2009) End-of-life decisions in the UK involving medical practitioners. Palliative Medicine, 23, 3, 198-204

Li, S and Seale C. (2008) Acquiring a sociological identity: an observational study of a PhD project. Sociology 42(5): 987-1002

Seale, C. and Charteris-Black, J. (2008) The interaction of age and gender in illness narratives. Ageing and Society 28(7), 1025-1043

Seale, C. (2008) Mapping the field of medical sociology: a comparative analysis of journals  Sociology of Health and Illness 30, 5, 677-695

Seale, C. and Charteris-Black, J. (2008) The interaction of class and gender in illness narratives Sociology 42(3): 453-469

Boden, S. Williams S.  Lowe P, Seale, C. Steinberg D.  (2008) The social construction of sleep and work in the British print news media: a sociological study Sociology 42(3): 541-558

Seale, C, Charteris-Black J, Dumelow C. Locock, J. Ziebland S. (2008) The effect of joint interviewing on the performance of gender Field Methods 20, 107-128

Chaplin, R., Seale, C., Quirk, A. and Lelliott, P. (2007) Negotiating styles adopted by consultant psychiatrists when prescribing antipsychotics. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment. 13:43-50.

Seale, C., Butler, C., Hutchby, I., Kinnersley, P. and Rollnick, S. (2007) Negotiating frame ambiguity: a study of simulated encounters in medical education. Communication & Medicine 4 (2): 177-188

Li, S. and Seale C. (2007) Learning to do qualitative data analysis: an observational study of PhD workQualitative Health Research, 17 (10):  1442-1452

Li, S. and Seale C. (2007) Managing criticism in PhD supervision: a qualitative case studyStudies in Higher Education 32 (4): 511 - 526

Seale C, Boden S, Lowe P, Steinberg D, Williams S. (2007) Media constructions of sleep and sleep disorders: a study of UK national newspapers Social Science and Medicine, 65(3): 418-430.

Seale, C., Chaplin, R., Lelliott, P., Quirk, A. (2007) Antipsychotic medication, sedation and mental clouding: an observational study of psychiatric consultations.       Social Science and Medicine, 65, 4: 698-711